Hello doctors, I'm searching for some words of encouragement. I have my chin lipo scheduled for oct 21. The doctor is very experienced with this procedure but I am still really nervous because I have read cases where people have experienced irritation to their marginal mandibular nerve and it totally scares me!! Is the procedure worth it?? He assured me it's really rare and he's only ever had one case in his practice but that patient also got a neck lift and she regained motor ability eventually
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October 6, 2020
Answer: Suuuuuper nervous. Is the chin lipo procedure worth it?
Liposuction to the face and chin and buccal fat reduction are associated with relatively little discomfort, swelling and bruising. Many surgeons advise using a compression garment to help decrease the swelling in the first days or week after surgery.
Soft diet is also an important...
We have a lot of options to treat this area. Full disclosure, I am a surgeon and definitely prefer to remove this fat and send it down the Mississippi! That being send I always offer the nonsurgical options such as fat dissolving injections, coolsculpting and evoke. We are just able to get such...
Thank you for your question and sharing your photographs.
The images suggest that the liposuction has been slightly too effective in the lower part of the neck and has not contributed so much under the chin.
One of the potential problems with repeat liposuction is that the skin under the chin...
